Shakib al Hasan, Usman Khawaja, Sherfane Rutherford and Rilee Rossouw are among the leading names to have registered to compete in the Lankan Premier League, Sri Lanka’s premier T20 franchise competition. The LPL is scheduled to begin from July 30 this year and run for three weeks, and despite concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic derailing plans, several top T20 cricketers from around the world are set to take part. James…
News de Kock’s opening partner remains far from finalised; captain says a “seaming allrounder will come back into the mix” ‘Maybe we have been found wanting in that [pace-bowling] department [against West Indies]’ – Temba Bavuma South Africa have yet to make a firm decision on who will partner Quinton de Kock or who their sixth bowling option will be for the T20 World Cup later this year. With…
News Middlesex batter to move on season loan ahead of permanent deal Nick Gubbins, the Middlesex top-order batter, is close to completing a move to Hampshire which will see him join the club on loan for the rest of the season as a precursor to a permanent deal. Gubbins, 27, was Middlesex’s leading scorer in their County Championship-winning season in 2016 with 1,409 first-division runs at 61.26 including four hundreds….
Shikha Pandey heaves a sigh of relief after picking up Lauren Winfield-Hill’s wicket Shikha Pandey is eyeing better all-round returns on the tour of England following her performance with the ball in the second ODI, where she picked up 9-1-31-1, her economy the best among the Indian attack. Though India lost the match, Pandey was pivotal to setting the tone of India’s attempt to defend 221 and the bowling…
Can South Africa cross the finals hurdle? © AFP/Getty Images Big picture A grand finale will close the first series of West Indies’ home summer and they will be itching for silverware, especially after losing the Test series 2-0. West Indies have held the lead, then fallen behind and then drawn level to lock this five-match series at 2-2, and create the kind of pressure South African teams (and their…
News Former Somerset chief executive Andrew Cornish to take acting CEO role Middlesex have announced that Richard Goatley, the club’s chief executive, is to step down due to ill health. Goatley, who joined Middlesex as head of finance 2005 and took over as chief exec from Vinny Codrington in 2015, had not been at work since April after being taken unwell. “I am sorry to be leaving Middlesex after sixteen…
Graham Thorpe says that Sam Curran‘s composure in pressurised situations is the trait that has propelled him to the heart of England’s white-ball plans, following his series-sealing five-wicket haul in the second ODI against Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval. Curran, who has played ten ODIs in his young career compared to 21 Tests since his debut in 2018, claimed three wickets in his first nine balls, en route to…
Finch pulling out of the tournament means du Plessis will take over as captain of Northern Superchargers Nicholas Pooran, Alyssa Healy, Aaron Finch and Meg Lanning are among the latest overseas players to pull out of the inaugural season of the Hundred, with Faf du Plessis, Shabnim Ismail, Imran Tahir and Laura Wolvaardt signing up as replacements. A number of the competition’s leading overseas players have already withdrawn due…
News Former England seamer seeking game-time ahead of Hundred stint with London Spirit Jade Dernbach has joined Derbyshire on a short-term loan from Surrey for the rest of the T20 Blast after slipping down the pecking order at The Oval. Dernbach, 35, played 58 limited-overs internationals for England between 2011 and 2014, and captained Surrey in the Blast in 2018 and 2019 but has struggled with injuries over the last…
News ‘If anything we’ll be a bit vulnerable because we won’t have had a lot of cricket” Matthew Mott is hopeful of being able to gather his squad in Brisbane in August Australia women’s head coach Matthew Mott is wary that India may be the better-prepared side when the two teams meet in September, with the home side coming off an extended period without playing and a chance that…